DCHP-1 Online
jobber Lumbering, East 
n. See 1944 quote.
- 1895 (1929) The shanty was eighty miles from any settlement; ordinary teamsters were not eager to work for a small speculative jobber, who might or might not be able to pay in the spring.
- 1912 Meanwhile he had gone to the Gatineau to follow lumbering, first as a workman in the camps and then as a jobber in a small way on the Danford.
- 1944 . . . the company may make a contract with an independent operator, often called a "jobber," who undertakes to log a specified area for a certain price per thousand board feet or per cord. Under such an arrangement, the jobber may undertake to build camps and roads, provide horse, equipment and supplies, and find the necessary men. . . .
- 1895 (1929) The shanty was eighty miles from any settlement; ordinary teamsters were not eager to work for a small speculative jobber, who might or might not be able to pay in the spring.